Cokace : a Centaur-based Environment 
for CommonKADS CML Expertise Model

In  order to help   the knowledge engineer during knowledge  modelling
phase,  we  developed  an  environment for   the  conceptual modelling
language CML offered by  the CommonKADS methodology. This environment,
called Cokace, was designed using Centaur, a  programming  environment
generator,  that  is  usually   exploited  for  building  environments
dedicated to software engineering languages. Thanks to Centaur, Cokace
provides   the   knowledge engineer   with structured  edition, static
validation and dynamic interpretation of CML expertise models.  Cokace
allows the knowledge engineer to simulate a reasoning on CML expertise
models, and enables  verification   and evaluation of  such  expertise
models before implementation of the final knowledge-based system. This
work illustrates an example  of the benefits knowledge engineering can
get  from well established  techniques and tools available in software
engineering.

Cokace on the Web
Cokace can also be accessed through  a Web Server  in order to deliver
CommonKADS expertise models on the Internet. 

Reference
A paper on Cokace is available here.

A paper on WebCokace is available here.


Contact: Olivier.Corby@inria.fr